Doctor Whohas a long and imposing history of seek to carry history to its young viewers . It has not always been altogether successful , however . Here are a few history where they dipped into history – but did n’t get the story quite right .
The Gunfighters
OnDoctor Who : The TARDIS get in Tombstone , Arizona , just as the Clanton chum go far , look to kill Doc Holliday for kill their brother . They promptly mistake the Doctor for him , because they do n’t know what he looks like . Wyatt Earp ’s brother Warren is kill , and Wyatt imprecate vengeance . This lead to a shootout at the O.K. Corral . The Clantons , aided by Johnny Ringo , front down Wyatt Earp , Virgil Earp , and Doc Holliday ; the Clantons and Ringo are pullulate numb , and our heroes take the chance to slip away in the TARDIS .
The word-painting of the shoot - out in " The Gunfighters "
In History : Of all the historic dramas in the first few season ofDoctor Who , this is probably the least exact . The Clantons were n’t seeking to avenge a slain brother ( yet ) , and there was no chance of them mistaking anyone for Doc Holliday , whom Ike Clanton had been busy trying to cast for some metre . Warren Earp was n’t affect , and lived another 20 year . And the literal players at the gunplay were Doc Holliday and Wyatt , Morgan , and Virgil Earp facing down Frank and Tom McLaury and Billy Clanton ( the latter three all died ) . Ike Clanton , killed in the shoot - out onDoctor Who , fly the fight in real spirit and retain the feud . ill-famed cowboy Johnny Ringo was n’t at the shootout .
The three dead puncher after the literal gunfight : Tom McLaury , Frank McLaury , and Billy Clanton
As a side - note , determine reports from the BBC ’s cinematography in Almeria , Spain ( location of classics likeThe Good , the Bad , and the Ugly ) , uncover that there will ultimately be a second Western on the show , plausibly the third episode of Series 7 .
The Masque of Mandragora
OnDoctor Who : The Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane struggle a living energy , the Mandragora Helix , in fifteenth - one C Italy . The Helix intends to take over humanity at this delicate critical point between superstition and science , between faith and ground . There is a power conflict going on in the duchy of San Martino , and the rational , science - minded Prince Guiliano is accused of being a beldam . In one scene , he explains to Sarah Jane his theory that the world is actually a sphere , as if he expects her to be appal .
The conversation between Prince Guiliano and Sarah Jane starts at 2:50
City of Death
OnDoctor Who : Visiting Paris , the Fourth Doctor and Second Romana stumble upon a complicated secret plan to steal theMona Lisa– by an alien who has six copies in his basement that have been bricked up since 1508 , right after Leonardo da Vinci painted them . The alien plans on using them to bankroll a meter auto that will get him back 400 million long time , so he can forestall an blowup in the spacecraft that is carrying his entire metal money . The Doctor has to intervene , because that spacecraft ’s blowup is also what jump - jump lifespan on Earth .
Conclusion of the serial . As a fillip , ascertain for John Cleese and Eleanor Bron ’s uncredited cameo at 7:14 ; they appeared as a favour to their friend , script editor Douglas Adams
In History : Perhaps the Doctor did n’t take to interest quite so much ; 400 million yr ago , aliveness on Earth was already well establish . lifespan on Earth started about 3.5 billion years ago . That ’s just as well ; our poor boy would have found it very unmanageable to breathe if they had break back to stop Scaroth just before the beginning of life history – it take more than a billion years just to institute an oxygen - based atmosphere . By 400 million years ago , there were already plant on country , and if our heroes had go for a swimming , they might have metone of these .
The King’s Demons
OnDoctor Who : The Fifth Doctor , Degan , Nyssa , and Turlough arrive in England in 1215 , where they happen King John , busy harassing a nonaged God Almighty in an attempt to gouge taxes . But it ca n’t be John ; the king is in London taking the Crusader ’s Oath . This imposter king turn out to be a shape - shifting golem control by the Master , who intends to disrupt history by trigger a revolt against King John , preventing the Magna Carta from being signed .
The Doctor outlines the Master ’s plan
The Mark of the Rani
OnDoctor Who : The Sixth Doctor and Peri arrive in 1820s Killingworth , an English excavation town , where previously easy human beings have been turn into thugs embarking on Luddite wow . They meet the inventor George Stephenson , who is plotting a get together of engineering mastermind , and who is work on a steam locomotive engine that he says could revolutionize transportation . The Doctor slyly tell him that his innovation " will take off like a rocket , " reference an actual engine build by Stephenson in 1829 .
The Doctor and Peri arrive in Killingworth
